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    Sri Lankabhimanya Lester James Peries (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාභිමාන්‍ය ලෙස්ටර් ජේම්ස් පීරිස්; 5 April 1919 – 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan film director...
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  • was married to the most prolific Sri Lankan film director Dr. Lester James Peries. Peries began her education in Avissawella, then later enrolled to Visakha...
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  • Kaliyugaya (film) (category Films directed by Lester James Peries)
    Kaliyugaya is a 1981 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries; it was adapted from the novel Kaliyugaya by Martin Wickramasinghe, and follows...
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  • Gamperaliya (film) (category Films directed by Lester James Peries)
    Gamperaliya is a 1963 Sri Lankan drama film directed by Lester James Peries screenplay, dialogue and the script by Reggie Siriwardena and Tissa Abeysekara;...
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    television but to new Tamil films not being screened. Sumitra Peries, Lester James Peries' wife, made her directorial debut with Gehenu Lamai in 1978....
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    Lankan literature. The novel was adapted into a film in 1964 by Lester James Peries. The story begins in the early 20th Century in Koggala, a hamlet...
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    family context was directed by the prominent Sri Lankan director Lester James Peries. A new radio version by Katherine Tozer and composer John Chambers...
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  • modernist trends into a distinctively Sri Lankan modernist art. Lester James Peries became a later associate of the group. The Group also promoted Kandyan...
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  • Nidhanaya (category Films directed by Lester James Peries)
    Nidhanaya (English: The Treasure) is a 1972 Sinhalese language film Dr. Lester James Peries, the screen play, dialog and script by Dr. Tissa Abeysekara, starring...
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  • Beddegama (film) (category Films directed by Lester James Peries)
    Village in the Jungle) is a 1980 Sinhala drama film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of village people in British Colonial Sri...
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